IAAF Academy Youth Chief Coach Course, Egypt

IAAF Academy Youth Chief Coach Course was held for the first time at RDC-Cairo during the period November 26- 30, 2012

9 participants (including 1 woman) from 6 countries took part in the course: JOR, EGY, TUN, LIB, KSA, QAT.

The course was held over 5 consecutive days. The course lecturers were 1. Abdel Malek El-Hebil (MAR), Senior Manager in the IAAF Member Services Department- School & Youth Program Coordinator.  2. Craig Handford (GB), Head of Technical Development/excel, Loughborough University. 3. Nadia Messaadi (TUN).  In addition to some lectures were delivered by the professors of the Faculty of Physical Education, Helwan Univereities.

 

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London 2012 Athletics Statistics Book available for download

Monte Carlo – The Athletics Statistics Handbook for the Games of the XXX Olympiad, London 2012 (Athletics Competitions, 3 to 12 Aug) is now available for download from the IAAF website.

Produced in collaboration with LOCOG and the Association of Track & Field Statisticians (ATFS) and edited by renowned statistician Mark Butler, the 386-page book is nothing short of a tantalising historical and statistical feast of Olympic Athletics facts for media and fans alike.

The book, divided into two sections, can be downloaded in pdf format from the 'General Information’ of the IAAF’s dedicated London 2012 Athletics site via the following link:

Part  I

Part II

 

IAAF HQ Monaco prepares to celebrate association’s 100th birthday

IAAF RDC Cairo hosts Mr.Ibrahem Housan  Director of RDC Nairobi From 25 - 27 May 2012

RDC Cairo hosts IAAF Level I Lecturers Courseur

Regional Development Centre in Cairo (RDC Cairo) hosted “IAAF Level I Lecturers Courseur ” from 21- 26 May 2012.

17 participants, representing 14 Arabic-speaking Member Federations of RDC-Cairo attended the course.  The course director is Mr. Abdel Malek El-Hebil (MAR), Senior Manager in the IAAF Member Services Department- School & Youth Programme Coordinator supported by Ms. Nadia Messaadi from Tunisia.

 The Kids’ Athletics Competition is organised on the second day of the Courseur at AlMasoud school . There have been 48 children (24 boys & 24 girls) participating in the event. The children have been divided into 6 groups, 8 children in each group and each one of them was wearing different colour of T-shirts. The certificates have been distributed to the children at the end of the competition. In addition they have been supplied by snacks and juice.

RDC Cairo hosts Development Strategy Seminar 

Regional Development Centre in Cairo (RDC Cairo) hosted “Development Strategy Seminar” from 23- 25 September 2011. The seminar was attended by twelve participants (2 women- 10 men) from 10 Arab speaking Member Federations: (ALG, QAT, EGY, IRQ, YEM, SYR, MAR, JOR, PLE, SUD).



Next Stop Moscow 2013

Daegu, Korea - In the Convention Hall of the Hotel Inter-Burgo, IAAF Hotel in Daegu, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the 2013 IAAF World Championships, Moscow, Russia, yesterday (2) gave a video presentation to 400 federation and team officials showing what they can expect in two years’ time of the Russian capital, its culture, history and tradition and of course it’s sporting facilities. The presentation was followed by a sumptuous lunch.

Daegu 2011 – Expected Highlights - Day Seven, 2 September

Daegu 2011 – Expected Highlights - Day Six, 1 September

Daegu 2011 – Expected Highlights - Day Four, 30 August

 Daegu 2011 – Expected Highlights - Day Three, 29 August

Daegu 2011 - Day 2 SUMMARY - 28 August

Two-time champion Borchin content as 20Km specialist

The disqualification of Usain Bolt

ENTRY STANDARDS - Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012

Timetable

IAAF Youth Seminar for women 16-20 April  2011

The first IAAF Youth Seminar for women was successfully conducted at RDC Cairo from 16 to 20 April 2011.  15 female participants, representing 8 Arabic-speaking Member Federations of RDC-Cairo attended the Seminar.The Seminar director was Mr. Abdel Malek El-Hebil (Morocco), Senior Manager in the IAAF Member Services Department- School & Youth Programme Coordinator supported by Ms. Nadia Messaadi (Tunisia).

Starter Course 11-13 April 2011

 Regional Development Centre in Cairo (RDC Cairo) hosted the first “Starter Course” from 11-13 April 2011. The seminar was attended by sixteen participants (1 women- 15 men) from 11 Arab speaking Member Federations: (KSA - EGY -  SYR - SUD - OMA- TUN- JOR - YEM- KSA - LIB – IRQ). more ........

Special IAAF CECS Level I Lecturers' Course “for the Universities of Egypt“

 23 - 28 December 2010 (Alexandria University- Abu Queer - Egypt)

Special IAAF CECS Level I Lecturers' Course “ for the Universities of Egypt“ has started today 23/12/2010 in the presence of the course’s director  Mr. AbdelMalek Elhebil (Morocco) “ MSD Senior Manager and IAAF School & Youth Programme Coordinator” , the course’s lecturer Prof. Dr.  Hamdi Abdel Rahim “IAAF RDC-Cairo Director”, Prof. Dr.  Sabri Omar “The Dean of the Faculty of Physical Education for Boys in Alexandria”, Prof. Dr.  Sami Ibrahim Nasr “Vice Dean for Graduate Studies and Prof. Dr. Hussein Hagag  “Vice Dean for Education and Students”. There are 27 participants (19 male and 8 female) representing 5 Egyptian Universities. The aim of this course is to activate the CECS Level I Course “Kids Athletics” in the Faculties of Physical Education in Egypt.

 

IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

 

Marketing Seminar  7-10 July 2010

Seminar on Marketing launches today at the headquarter of the RDC Cairo at Cairo Stadium. Dr. Hamdi Abdel Rahim has opened his speech by welcoming Prof. Dr. Helmut Digel (GER ) the lecturer of the seminar as well as  the participants from 9 MFs which are JOR, TUN, YEM, KSA, BRN, SUD, SYR, PLE, and EGY. 

Dr. Helmut Digel (GER) is an IAAF Council Member since 1995, Vice Chairman of the IAAF Marketing/Promotion Commission, Member of the IAAF Development Commission. He is also a professor of Sports Sciences at the Universities of Frankfurt and Tübingen and since 1985 at the University of Darmstadt and Head of the Scientific Council of the German Sports Federation.

Prof. Digel gave an overview of the topics that would be covered during 4-days seminar for example, the History of Athletics, the IAAF, Athletics tomorrow – Challenges, Features of a good competition, and negative aspects of a competition.  In addition to, the idea of sponsorship, how to produce a product, and how to present a sponsorship proposal. 

Female in Athletics Seminar opens on RDC Cairo

Female in Athletics Seminar was opened on 7 April 2010 on RDC Cairo under the supervision of of the IAAF Women's Committee Chairperson, Claire Chehab (LIB) and IAAF RDC Cairo Director Dr. Hamdi Abdel Rahim (EGY).

There are 14 female participants attending the seminar from 12 MFs which are: IRQ, EGY, OMA, PLE, QAT, TUN, JOR, SYR, YEM, SUD, UAE, LIB

 

CECS Level III Course in Throws

CECS Level III course in Throws was conducted at RDC-Cairo from 22 February to 7 March 2010.

 13 participants (including 2 women) from 11 countries took part in the course: KUW, SYR (2), MAR, TUN, EGY, LBA, JOR, OMA, YEM, SUD (2), UAE.

 The course lecturers were Dr. Hamdi Abdel Rahim (EGY), Dr. Mohamed Diab (EGY) and Mr. Mohamed Elashry (EGY)

The course's timetable included general theory, planning, event specific theory, practical and coaching practical sessions done by coaches. The theoretical sessions were conducted at the class room in RDC-Cairo location while the practical sessions were at Cairo stadium. There were 2 Practical sessions per day 120 minutes.

 The accommodation was at Dar Ahaiea Alhandsia Hotel. The distance between the Hotel and RDC-Cairo location is 10 minutes.

IAAF Youth Training Seminar

 IAAF Youth Training Seminar is currently running  at RDC-Cairo from 14 to 17 February 2010  

22 participants, representing 14 Arabic-speaking Member Federations of RDC-Cairo attended the course.

 The course director is Mr. Abdel Malek El-Hebil (MAR), Senior Manager in the IAAF Member Services Department- School & Youth Programme Coordinator supported by Ms. Nadia Messaadi from Tunisia.

 The Kids’ Athletics Competition is organised on the second day of the seminar at Cairo stadium. There have been 48 children (24 boys & 24 girls) participating in the event. The children have been divided into 6 groups, 8 children in each group and each one of them was wearing different colour of T-shirts. The certificates have been distributed to the children at the end of the competition. In addition they have been supplied by snacks and juice.

Seminar on Competition Organization

As a completion for the RDC Cairo 2009 plan of activities, RDC Cairo organized a “Competition Organization Seminar” from 25 - 28 January 2010.

Fifteen participants from 12 Arab-speaking countries attended the seminar under the supervision of the lecturer, Brian Roe (AUS).

Real Winner

RealWinner is an online educational programme for athletes and support personnel, covering the new World Anti Doping Code. Here you will learn the basics of the code through nine short, snappy and fun modules. You don’t have to do the whole program in one go. When you have completed all modules, this will be registered and you will receive a certificate. If you can’t run modules online, you could either download modules, request a CD or download the RealWinner cartoon version.

IAAF Academy for Elite Coaches- Jumps in Cairo, Egypt

IAAF Academy for Elite Coaches- Jumps was held for the first time in the Faculty of Physical Education-Helwan University during the period of December 5 – 12, 2009

12 participants (including a woman) from 7 countries took part in the course: OMA, KUW, LIB, QAT, JOR, PLE, EGY.

The course lecturers were Dr. Wolfgang Ritzdorf (GER) and Mr. Falk Schade (GER). In addition, presentations were delivered by the leading teachers of the Faculty of Physical Education.

The course aims to provide the coach with the relevant knowledge, understanding and practical experience to create an environment capable of delivering high level of individual performance over multiple seasons.................. More

 

RDC Cairo hosts “Electronic Time Keeping Seminar”

The RDC Cairo organized an “Electronic Time Keeping Seminar” on 17 October 2009. 

Twenty six participants from 15 Arab-speaking countries attended the seminar under the supervision of the Managing Director of TimeTronics Eddy Vanuytven from Belgium.

During one and one-half days seminar, the Managing Director of TimeTronics discussed how to setup false start, false start detection, and false start features as well as the false start measurement.                                  

RDC Cairo hosts “Training Camp & Seminar for Women's events (PV&TJ)"

Cairo 14-5-2009
The RDC Cairo organised a “Training Camp & Seminar for Women's events (PV&TJ)” from 14-20 May 2009.  Ten female athletes from 8 Arab-speaking countries, together with their personal coaches, attended the seminar under the supervision of Bernardo CENTELLES (CUB) and Alain MORINEAU (FRA) .
Bernardo CENTELLES (CUB), a coach of the HPTC Dakar in Triple Jump, started his sessions with triple jumpers on 14 May 2009 , while Alain MORINEAU (FRA) started his sessions with pole vaulters on 15 May 2009. During the seven-day camp, the practical sessions will be held in Cairo Stadium where all facilities are available. On the meantime, theoretical sessions will be held at the RDC Cairo venue; a fully equipped lecture room, where Data Show- DVD- Laptop- sound-system, is available.

Al Manufiah University, Egypt, adopts the IAAF School & Youth Programme

Cairo 14-3-2009
Recently the President of The Al Manufia University (Egypt) Dr. Mohamed Ez Al Arab has signed an agreement with the IAAF in order to officially integrate the IAAF School & Youth programme in the curriculum of the Faculty of Sport and Education. The Ceremony has been attended by the Dean of the Faculty of Sport and Education of Al-Manufia Dr. Essam Edin Matwaly, El Hebil Abdel Malek (IAAF Representative) and Dr Hamdi Abderahim (Director of the IAAF RDC- Cairo).	Participants of the first educational course at Al Manufiah University in accordance with the IAAF standard, was launched on Saturday 14 March 2009
The first educational course, in accordance with the IAAF standard, was launched on Saturday 14 March 2009.  26 participants took part in this first course which was conducted by two IAAF accredited lecturers: Dr Ezza Elemary and Dr Atif Sayed Ahmed. All the participants are currently following courses to become PE teachers in the Faculty of Sport and Education in the Al-Manufia University.

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